Motor-drive for jordan engines.



J. F. LANIGAN, JR. MOTOR DRIVE FOB JORDAN ENGINES.

APPLIOA'I'IOE FILED DBO. 20, 1910.

PatentedMay 6, 19 13.

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' i QWii that-'1, JAMES 1F; Dammit," isanf section on" thedine. iy- -y, rzqaiaiier' i'the'U i S e raiding-I I a i Iiawi uiity ofl Essex; State of'Mas- In the drawings, 3=de'signates' generally a 5 Ii'ayefini'entjed fan-Improvement Joifiamen'ging the plug shaft theieo'f ami- Driifes fdr-" l0rda1i" Engines; of 5 "the mechanismforjadjnst-ingthe plugw hftlieffollowingldescript'ionyin connecshaft longitudinally totake up wear intheu.

tion ijithW Ie aoclonffianyingdrawingfis afl plug. Since-a Jordan engine is: a. well-1 spei'figat nfflike hai aeters'oii the'drawing' known; type of refining engine commonly gs rlresent ''l'ke'parts, i sed in the-manufacture otpaperyl have? nve' nti relait'es'to anoi 'el connecg notdeemed' it-necessary -to further illus-J tioii bfetween a inotorf'and the plu shaft; of' trate'itffl z-' l a'adrdan engine w hiclt permitsthe'neessary 6 designates an elect-tic moto'rrof; any suit-.- adjustment'fof 'thejp'higshaft'asf'the plugable or'u'sual construct-ion adapted ;for

n" ithout, interfering at all with the tating' the pluggshaft .iofth'e; ordan em 2, operationiofjthe moto'nf' 7 1f. ggin'e. Thisimotor is provided with an arma- T- h refai''n ari "adwfantageslindririn'g 'a it-ure shaft--8 which is journaled in suitable Joida'engineffd itect "from a motor. The :beai mgs'tl-supported-on a-ba'se 7, andthe. pri paI" ,-difiicu1t-'y i'n" .practically'- aiccom base 7 is 'in fturn-ri' 'dly. secured to.the.b'asa 5,

plisliiiigthisfisthattheishaftoftheJordan 10 on. which'the ordain-engine is fixedly P engine ,reqiiiresto'be adjusted longitudinally secured; Rorcouplinggtheinotor shafhSto toitak'efhpft he' jifea'f-w'hichoccurs in "the plug,; the plug shaft-4, I haveprovided a coupling 1 aiidsuc'hadjustment' of the plug'requires ahaving the following construction. I

coti'nect ion b'et'ween'the plug shaft 'and the "Fast on-t-he motorshaft is a head 11 which 30 niotorjwliiehfwillpermitthe plugt obe'adhas extending therefrom a plurality ,oi pins ,r, juf'st'ed without'afiecting' or; disturbing the 'or arms '12, each preferably providedat its ape] ti'onfoff the motor. One means'of 0 V8f end with a head 13. The 'plu shaft 4 has comingfthis difiiculty-heretofore proposed mounted thereon another .hea or platelet hasflbeenItomountft-he motor on a' movable which has extending therefrom a plurality 35 base" andt'proifijde connections between the of pins 15, each 'also'provided with a head 16.

pl igl adju'sting 'means and the motor base T he pins or arms 12 are arranged in a circle wherebythe'motor'is shifted longitudinally and the pins or arms 15 are also arranged in with the plug shaft 'when the latter is ada circle, but the circle of, the pins 12 is of a justed."'lVith an arrangement-0f this sort different diameter from that of the pins-15 9o however; it is somewhat diflicult to keep -the the pins 15 beii1g shown. as in a circleof motor'shaft'propeirly ali'necl wit-h the plug larger diameter thanthe pins 1'2. An end- I shaft Another way of overcoming the difiiless belt 17 is. 1')assed around outside of the l'ty'whi c'hjhas" been proposed is to couple pins 15 whichoccnpy .the circle, oflar r tliei inotor "sha'ftfwith' theplug shaft by diameter. and inside of the pins 12 wh ch .95

40 tns'o fiatelescopic coupling which'peroccupy the circle of smaller diameter, as

. in 's lbngitudinzil adjustment of the plug clearly seen in Fig. 2, so that; when the.

' shaft iyithduta il'ectingthe motor shaft-. motor shaft is operating the action of the "Th 'coilpling which"I hai'e devised and pins "12 on -the belt willgrotate the-plug ,whiqh form'sjtlfes ubjeet niatt'er of this applishaft V 1 p z b i p 190 iii-ti the nature of a telescopic con- @Thepins l2 and 15 have ale ngt-h boniieticinfbiihit is also soihewh'at flexible so siderfibly greater than thewidth of the belt thatrit will operatejfiely even thoughthe. l7, and when the engine'is fiist-set up the motor shaft-anti the plug shaft are not; ex parts-. wil 1 be int lie.posit ion shown with actly in ali-nement i [1 the endsof the-pins kiyerlapping a distance 105 I will first describe one embodiment of equal to'the width ofithe belt sojthat the belt mv invention and 'thenpoi-ntloutnthe novel liflwill beheld between the heads 13 and features thereof in the appended claims. lti of the pins. As the engine plug wears Figure 1 is a View ofa Jordan engine and theplug shaft -1 may be adjusted longitudimotor showing a coupling embodying my nall to take up wear. and during this move "119 invention for coupling the mot-or to the ment the head ll will be moved toward engine shaft; Fig. 2 is an enlarged section head 11 and the pins- 15 will be slid through 50 larger: circlethan-thoseon the other head for tab -as?seen in Fig.'-3, so that when-the-plug has.

' cie'nt-l flexible sothatthere will be no bindproposed to provide a flexible shaft coupling -pezmit, said head 14 maybe set back alone come. intocontact' with theheads 1e "lzvi sion for shifting the ;.helt- '17,: arranger:ient" permits the Plug to be; adjusted longitudinally; .i.ig up;w.ear'a distance equal'tothe distancebetweenthe ends of-"the pins and the". head 11, and when: the plug shaft has" b n-m'w be asshown in Fig. -3, that is, the pins 15 willabut-against the head '11 and the pins l2jag'ainst' the head 14.- To permit further adjustment ofthe plug shaft, I'have made been adjusted'as far as. the pins 12 and 15' onfth haft 4 into the dotted line'position Fig .'.;3.thereby to bring the pins 12 and 15- into thesame relative .positionin which they arein "Eig; 1.. When the position of the head- 1? on the plug shaft 4 has been thus shifted, as shownin dotted lines Fig. 3, said plug shaft. may be'stil-l further advancedto'l-takeup wear until the pins 12 "and- 15.

and 11,-respectivelyL By. thus making prothe position of. the head 14 on the plug shaft 4;, it is possible topro wide. for adjusting the. plug shaft 4 lo t'udinally a foot or morewithout having t e pins 12 and 15 of so great a length that they willbe liable "to ben'd'when' the heads are separated from each other, as shown in-Fi '1}? fihehead 14 may be 'securedon the shaft 4 Ltd-permit longitudinal adjustment thereof in anysuitable way. As herein shown, said headisfke ed to the shaft by means of a. key. 19, an a set screw is employed for locking the keyin place.

' .The construction above described provides the .desired slip or telescopic connection be tween the plugshaft 4 and-themctor -shaft 8 at the same time the connection sufiiing 0 "the partseven though the'plug shaft andijnotor shaft are not accurately in alinementp, .1

am. aware that it has been heretofore.

gomprising two'lieads on the two shaft 'ends to. becoupled,-each having pins extending therefroimjthe pins on one headbeing on a relative-to eachother, and the claimsherein aife'direeted to th'g feature. Whilehave herein illustrated my 1m- P T9Yd 'C II ling as used in driving'a J orda n eziginesha t from a motor, 'yet it will be. ob-

where two sha I one of-which-"requires .to be a through thi'sfl d lsta'nc'e, the parts Having fliefhead ljadjustable on the plug shaft',"

vious that it mightbe used for coupling the usted zat' in-' Jordan engine shaftto any di-ivin -meinber--.

-'even though it waslnota motor 5 aft, and

also that. it might bagged in pthera-tlat-io s s; areto' bejj'coufgled. together,

tervals longitudinally relative to each'iother'.

fully described my invention, what. I claimas'new and desireters Patent is thereof, of a motorhaving a motor shaft in tot-secure by 'Let- 7o 1. The combination; wane J r5ia1igme having a longitudinallyadjustable plug shaft and means to effect. the adj ustmentalinementwith theplug shaft, a. head on the P t, fin

on the motor shaft, fingers extending'therefrom parallel to the first-named fingers, and a width of theconnection to permit of the "de-" flexible connection passing around said fingers, thefingerson-one'of said heads begreater thanthe 4 gers extending therefrom paralleI to-the axis of the shaft, anotherhead' sired. adjustment of the plug shaft without disturbing thendrivingconnection.

' 2. The combinationwith a Jordan engine having a longitudinallyadjustable lushaft,' of a motor-having a motor shaig alinement with the plushaft, a head fast on the motor'shaft an having fingers extending therefrom, a second head mounted on the plug shaft and capable of adjustment longitudinally thereof and also having fingers extendingtherefrom; a flexible eonnec-" tion passing around the fingerslon' both heads and having a width suificiently less than the length of thet'fingers to permit of the desired adjustment- 0 the plug shaft 3, The combination withaJordan engine having longitudinallyadjustable plug shaft, and-means toeflect .the adjustment thereof, of a head sustained b said plug shaft, headed pins extending t erefrom, a

motor having a motor shaft in alinement with the plug shaft, ahead on the motor shaft, pins extending from said latter head .nection topermit ofthe desired longitudinalf adjustgnent of the plug shaft without disturbingthe driving connectionil A In testnnony whereof, I have/si ed my name to this specification, inthe presence of 'two subscribing witnesses.

IES F. LANIeaii, J

- J Witnesses:

. LOUIS C; SMITH,

' THOMAS J. DRUMMOND.

without disturbing the driving connections. 

